Now one of the changes that must come to Africa is the idea of limited rule, I mean in term of how long one leader can stay in power. The era of president for life is not gone yet but it is on its way out and that is one of the problems with Mugabe and others.

I couldn't tell you why but now I know a story is in fact where you discover who you are, where a culture discovers what it is and I just think that this is a terribly important place to get into and that I would enjoy it.

I don't care about age very much.

I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.

The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.

Africa is people" may seem too simple and too obvious to some of us. But I have found in the course of my travels through the world that the most simple things can still givwe us a lot of trouble, even the brightest among us: this is particularly so in matters concerning Africa.